Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I am disappointed that we weren't able to get this done today. It is hard for me to conceive of a legitimate reason sounding in public policy why we wouldn't want to make sure that we hold harmless those States bold enough, brave enough, conscientious enough to protect their own citizenry and accessibility to national parks within their boundaries. There are a lot of blessings that come from having these mighty five national parks in the State of Utah. I love each and every one of them. I can tell you, there are things about every one that are unique and that I love. We are always told how lucky we are--and we, indeed, are-- to have these beautiful features in our State and to have national parks. It is insulting to the citizens of a State when the Federal Government owns two-thirds of the land mass in our State. Most of that land mass is, of course, not national parkland. Most of it doesn't even look like national parkland. Most of it is not terribly remarkable one way or another. When you add up all that land--and it is 67 percent of the State of Utah--that means we can't tax that land; that means we can't access that land except with a massive ``Mother may I?'' from the Federal Government, which is very often far too difficult to get.…”